Apparatuses and methods providing variable support and variable comfort control of a sleep system and automatic adjustment thereof
AssigneeKingsdown, Inc.
InventorsRobert D. OEXMAN, David B. SCOTT
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Abstract
An apparatus and method providing variable support and variable comfort control of a sleep system, the apparatus including a sleep support member including: a comfort layer including: a plurality of comfort layer inflatable members; and a comfort layer sensor configured to provide data relating to respective pressures of the comfort layer inflatable members; a data analysis unit configured to analyze data provided by the comfort layer sensor and to generate analyzed comfort layer data; and a control wait configured to control a pressure within each of the respective comfort layer inflatable members using the analyzed comfort layer data.
Claims15
1-49. (canceled)
A sleep system comprising:
- a sleep support member comprising:
- a support layer comprising:
- a plurality of support layer inflatable members;
- and
- a support layer sensor configured to provide data relating to respective pressures of the support layer inflatable members;
- a data analysis unit configured to analyze data provided by the support layer sensor and to generate analyzed support layer data;
- and
- a control unit configured to control a pressure within at least one of the support layer inflatable members using the analyzed support layer data,
- wherein the data analysis unit is configured to determine an adjustment to a pressure of at least one of the support layer inflatable members that would cause the sleep support member to provide a more suitable combination of comfort characteristics and support characteristics for a person disposed on the sleep support member, and
- wherein the control unit is configured to adjust the pressure of the at least one of the support layer inflatable members based on the determined adjustment.
A method of controlling a variable sleep support member, the method comprising:
- determining whether a person is disposed on the sleep support member;
- if a person is disposed on the sleep support member, then:
- analyzing data relating to respective pressures of a plurality of support layer inflatable members that are arranged in a support layer of the sleep support member to generate analyzed support layer data;
- determining an adjustment to a pressure of at least one of the support layer inflatable members that would cause the sleep support member to provide a more suitable combination of comfort characteristics and support characteristics for the person;
- and
- controlling the determined adjustment to the pressure of the at least one of the support layer inflatable members using the analyzed support layer data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.